Jaton
| Jaton | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Jaton Pusch, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Murex decussatus Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Jaton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, and murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Jaton include:
- Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Jaton dufrenoyi (Grateloup, 1845)
- Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996
- † Jaton sowerbyi (Michelotti, 1841)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Jaton angolensis Ryan, 1984: synonym of Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996
- Jaton rikae Petuch & Berschauer, 2019: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Jaton westsahariensis Franchi, 2007: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816)